The comprehensive 3-day hands-on workshop prepares and trains the attendee to evaluate and treat balance and vestibular disorder from a multi-factorial perspective. Every clinician who treats patients from musculoskeletal or neurological pathology leading to unsteadiness and balance disorder can benefit from this course. If your patient has encountered a fall or near fall in the past 6 months, a comprehensive balance evaluation is recommended by NIH and WHO.

Become an expert clinician in treating patients and grow your niche to become an expert at evaluating and treating clients with a balance disorder. Explore the latest technology of video infrared goggles, gain insight into low-cost equipment that could help your client to effectively treat and avoid falls.

Understanding Static/Dynamic Balance, Evaluating and Treating Sensory Dysfunction.

Day 1:Friday December 27th, 2019.

• Define Balance. Differentiate between Static and Dynamic Balance.
• Posture Evaluation. (CVA, Parkinsons, Peripheral Neuropathy, Aging Adult.
• Observational Gait Analysis
• Dimensions of Balance from a Multi-factorial Perspective.
• Evaluation of Somatosensory dysfunction & list common conditions.
• Evaluation and Treatment of Peripheral Neuropathy based on EBP.
• Lab sessions on strategy training, functional training, dynamic balance training.

Outcome Measures, Algorithm to establish plan of care and Lab sessions on Treatment.

Day 2: Saturday, December 28th, 2019.

• Dizziness in General elderly, Polypharmacy & its contribution to falls.
• Lab session on Outcome Measures to evaluate Balance Dysfunction.
• Identify/Predict Impairments based on the results of standardized tests.
• Establish a treatment plan based on HOAC-2 Model.
• List treatment ideas.
• Review emerging technologies to treat balance impairments.
• Present with low-cost effective solutions to treat balance.Home exercise program to improve outcomes and Recovery

Vestibular Rehabilitation- Evaluation and Treatment.

Day 3: Sunday, December 29th,2019.

• Understand Vestibular Organization in balance.
• Review the neuroanatomy of the vestibular system and its relative contribution to balance.
• Understand Vestibulo- ocular reflex and its relative significance in balance.
• Demonstrate oculomotor testing using infrared googles.
• Distinguish central and peripheral vestibular symptoms of vertigo using infrared goggles
• Evaluation and Treatment of BPPV using infrared goggles.

Diagnostic conditions that could benefit from Balance Training.

1. Stroke
2. Parkinsons Disease
3. Peripheral Neuropathy
4. Aging Adult
5. Vestibular Disorder and many more…

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